St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30
St. JohnSbury Academy.
ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES.


commencement Concert. - Graduating
observation-disclosures OF the Alumni
Class ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS etc.
The anniversary exercises of st.
JOhnsbury academy, beginning with
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday
evening and ending with the reception
Friday evening, passed off very sue
cessfully. The baccalaureate sermon,
which was preached at the South
church by Rev. E. p. Wild of Newport,
was fully reported in last weeks Gale
DOMAIN. The examination of classes
was in progress Tuesday and Wednes-
day, with Rev. ID. w. Hardy of Bethel,
Maine, Ashton Willard, Esq, of Mont
pelier and Miss Amanda Northrup as
examiners. Aside from the pouring
rain that prevailed more or less Tues
day and a good deal more than less
Wednesday, nothing occurred to mar
the pleasure of the days to the rather
who were here.
commencement Concert.
The commencement concert was
held Thursday evening in Music hall.
There was very fair attendance. The
concert was given by the Ruggles
street quartet of Boston, assisted by
Mrs. Mona Clark, soprano, and Mr..
Hood, reader and impersOnatOr. The
singing by the quartet was admirable
in every respect and they responded to
repeated encOres with selections equal
ly good as those announced on the
program. George r. Clark, I'd bass, a
well known favorite here, rendered
Pinsnti's "The Bugler," and cheerfully
responded to the hearty encore that
followed. Specially noteworthy, also,
was Mr.. JOhnson's fine tenor. The duet
by Messrs. johnson and Clark was one
of the best numbers presented in the
program. Mrs. Mona Clark, soprano
sOloist, stranger before a st. Johns
bury audience, was very cordially re-
ceived, sang we'll and was generously
of humorous character and greatly
pleased his audience which applauded
him to the echo and he was recalled
again and again. Taken altogether it
was a very successful concert, and
greatly enjoyed by the students and
their friends.
commencement Exercises.
Early risers on Friday morning were
greeted with pouring rain and such
seemed likely to be feature of the
days program. Late risers, however,
were greeted with one of the sunniest,
balmiest, pleasantest of days. The
streets were slightly muddy, to be
sure, but the rich green foliage of the
trees and the fine sky overhead made
up for this slight deficiency. The ex-
ercises were held this year in Music
hall, which was filed with fine audi
ence at the hour appointed for the be-
ginning of the exercises. The plat
form was tastefully decorated with
plants and flowers, while on one side
was fine picture of G. E. Putney, put
there by the class of ~ in spite of the
protests of the modest principal. On
the platform were seated the trustees
of the academy, Rev. Henry Fairbanks,
Horace Fairbanks, Franklin Fairbanks,
Rev. Edward II. Fairbanks, Jonathan
Ross, Rev. G. M. LamsOn, and also
Judge l.. p. Poland and the members
of the faculty. Excellent music was
furnished by the st. JOhnsbury Orches-
ira. At the appointed hour the grad
uating class filed into the seats reserv-
ed for them, and after prayer by Rev.
Henry Fairbanks the commencement
exercises proper began. Below will
be found very brief abstracts of the
orations and essays. To praise each
as each deserved would exhaust Oul
supply of adjectives. The themes Sc
lected were fresh and we're originally
treated, and, as Mr.. LamsOn said at the
close, practical sense characterized
them all.
Here are the names of those who
graduated.
Charles J. Bartlett. Mabel S. Bracket.